Year: 2026
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Call for Submissons: Issue 10 (Spring 2026)
Issue 10 of The Hemlock Journal is going to be huge, not because we are finally allowed to put double digits after every Issue, but also that now The Hemlock…
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The Hemlock Anthology Volume Two: Available Worldwide
In quiet gratitude, we announce that The Hemlock Anthology is now available for purchase worldwide. Born from many voices, it gathers poems, reflections, and stories that arise from diverse cultures…
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E M Forster’s ‘The Machine Stops’: Technology, Isolation, and a Dystopian Future
If you’ve been reading up on the pros and cons of Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially the terrifying scenarios it could lead us to, chances are that you’ve come across the…
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‘The Need for Scholarship’ by Tanvi Kusum
The prompt beckons me to lay down my struggles in a candid manner in order to win the scholarship, similar to an overly enthusiastic first date who needles you for…
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‘Wild and the City: Blurring Boundaries’ by Agnibarathi
Every time I hear news about leopards, bears, and elephants “encroaching” into apartments, gated communities, and other urban human settlements, I am drawn to a couple of childhood memories. I…
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Why The Hemlock Journal’s Editorial Feedback Matters!
Submissions for Issue 10 are going to open on February 1st, 2026 and we think everyone should know this before submitting to The Hemlock Journal. With Issue 09, The Hemlock…
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Cancel Culture: Digital Vigilantes or a Legit Check on Power?
I’ll never forget the time I jokingly called a friend’s sandwich “postmodern art”—and woke up to ten angry emojis and a group chat full of “unfriending” threats. Welcome to cancel…
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Same-sex Sharing Same Suppressed Sentiments: Queer undercurrents and the subversive potential for female kinships in Jane Austen’s Fiction
The paper aims to explore the queer undercurrents and female kinships, especially homosocial bonds spanning across the works of Jane Austen. The queer potential has been recognized in female friendships…
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The Fragmented Self: Notes from Fernando Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa’s magnum opus, The Book of Disquiet (Livro do Desassossego), is, in its amorphous form, a diary, a novel, and an artefact of fragmentation. The poet himself called it…
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